![]() ssc2010-10a 12.08.10 Signature of a Carbon-Rich PlanetThis plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicates the presence of molecules in the planet WASP-12b -- a... view image |
![]() ssc2010-08a 10.19.10 How to Find a Planetary Hot SpotThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows how astronomers located a hot spot on a distant gas plan... view image |
![]() ssc2010-05a 04.21.10 How to Measure Exoplanet LightThese plots from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show light from a distant planet, GJ 436b, and its star, as measured ... view image |
![]() ssc2009-02b 01.28.09 Severe Exoplanetary StormThese computer-generated images chart the development of severe weather patterns on the highly eccentric exoplanet HD... view image |
![]() ssc2009-02a 01.28.09 Exoplanet HD 80606b Infrared Light CurveThis figure charts 30 hours of observations taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of a strongly irradiated exoplane... view image |
![]() ssc2007-12a 07.11.07 Exoplanet Forecast: Hot and WetThis plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that a toasty gas exoplanet, or a planet beyo... view image |
![]() ssc2007-09a 05.09.07 First Map of an Alien WorldThis is the first-ever map of the surface of an exoplanet, or a planet beyond our solar system. The map, which shows ... view image |
![]() ssc2007-04a 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: Atmosphere of Planet HD209458bThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
![]() ssc2007-04b 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: an Exoplanet AtmosphereThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
![]() ssc2007-04c 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: An Exoplanet AtmosphereThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
![]() ssc2006-18a 10.12.06 The Light and Dark Sides of a Distant PlanetThe top graph consists of infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. It tells astronomers that a distant plan... view image |
![]() ssc2005-09a 03.22.05 The Language of Planetary LightThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space telescope shows changes in the infrared light output of two star-planet ... view image |